Volumes, etc. Flashcards
Rules of conduct
Every member is expected to operate in a highly self disciplined manner and is responsible to regulate his or her own conduct in a positive manner, productive and mature way
Employee discipline
It is the policy of Phoenix fire that supervisors administer discipline in a corrective, progressive, and lawful manner
Principal objective of disciplinary action
To improve or correct performance, efficiency and morale of the member receiving discipline as well as that of the department
Employee assistance program
Many times just listening will help members reason through problems. Other times serious alcohol, drugs, stress, marital or financial problems, the member may require professional assistance. Help is available through the employee assistance program.
Programs for improving job performance
Training, employee assistance services, non-disciplinary counseling, disciplinary action
Investigative process
Summary of incident, interviews conducted, conclusions, recommendations, attachments
Suspected on duty substance abuse
If reasonable grounds to believe that the employee is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the supervisor may direct the employee to submit a drug screen and or blood alcohol test.
Drug or alcohol test results
Testing positive or if refusing to test shall be considered unfit for work and be relieved from duty that day
Supervisory counseling
Verbal-most common and least severe of corrective actions.
Written-memo of counseling. This memo may be placed in employees personal file
Suspension, demotion or dismissal
The Fire Chief or make the final decision concerning suspensions demotions or dismissal ensuring consistency of serious discipline throughout the department
Complaints
Complaints alleging serious administrative or criminal misconduct will be assigned to the performance auditing section
Industrial leave
Absence from work as a result of an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of city employment or occupational disease is arising out of in the course city employment
Accident reporting
Accidents involving fire department vehicles must be reported to the alarm immediately
Safety management system
The prevention and reduction of accidents, injuries and occupational illness is our goals of the PFD and shall be primary considerations at all times. The PFD shall make every reasonable effort to provide a safe and healthy work environment, recognizing the dangers of all the types of service we deliver
Hearing protection
Personnel shall wear hearing protection when exposed to noise above 85 dB.
Going code 3
Aircraft ops
Using tools like saws, sledgehammers, etc
Near utility truck
CALSSRC
Central Arizona life safety system response council
CALSSRC defines the customer
Any person who receives our services and anyone with who our members have dealings
Command procedures
Designed to-fix responsibility on one individual throughout the standard identification system depending on the arrival sequence of members companies and command officers, ensure a strong direct visible command presence from the onset, provide A system to process information to support incident management planning and decision-making, Orley transfer of command to subsequent arriving officers, ensure a seamless transition from type 5/4 to a type 3/2/1 NIMS
Tactical priorities in order
Remove endangered occupants and treat the injured
Stabilize the incident and provide for life safety
Conserve property
Provide for the safety accountability and welfare of personnel
Functions of command
Assume and announce command establish command post
Rapids size up
Initiate and maintain control effective communications
Provide steady adequate and timely stream of appropriate resources
Identify strategy, develop IAP
Sectorize and delegate
Review revise keep IAP current
Continue, transfer, or termination of command
On scene report
Engine 14 to alarm, engine 14 on scene of a small house with a working fire, engine 14 Laying a line and taking handline in for search/rescue fire attack, we are in the offense of strategy, engine 14 is 32nd Ave. command
Follow up report
32nd Ave. command to alarm, engine 14 will be north side accountability. Give me the balance of the first alarm. Engine 14 has IRIC in place
Command modes
Investigative -Nothing showing
Fast attack-Visible working fire, critical life safety situation
Command mode-Stationary command post
Fast attack mobile command mode
Should not last more than few minutes and will and with one of the following
Situation stabilized, command transferred,move to command mode